The Accelerated Benefits Demonstration and Evaluation Project: Impacts on Health and Employment at Twelve Months

The Accelerated Benefits Demonstration and Evaluation Project: Impacts on Health and Employment at Twelve Months

Published: Feb 28, 2011
Publisher: New York, NY: MDRC

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Associated Project

Accelerated Benefits Demonstration

Time frame: 2006-2011

Prepared for:

Social Security Administration

Authors

Charles Michalopoulos

David Wittenburg

Dina A. R. Israel

Jennifer Schore

Anne Warren

Aparajita Zutshi

Stephen Freedman

This final report of the Accelerated Benefits (AB) Demonstration found that participants made extensive use of program services, AB health care benefits increased health care use and reduced reported unmet medical needs, and AB Plus services encouraged people to look for work but did not increase employment levels in the first year.

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